Hawaii Preparatory Academy

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Hawaii Preparatory Academey

Motto:	None
Established:	1949
Type:	Private (Boarding and Day Programs)
President:	Unknown (Previous headmaster was Olaf Jorgenson, who left the school in 2008.)
Faculty:	visit http://www.hpa.edu/village/faculty for the lower school, and http://www.hpa.edu/upper/faculty for the upper school
Students:	aprox. 350 in the high school (They have a limit on students they admit)and 250 in grades K-8 Tuition (high school)= $18,250 (Day) $36,150 (Boarding) Tuition (middle school)=$15,575 (Day) $38,500 Tuition (lower school)= $14,00 Tuition (international)= $41,000
Location:	Kamuela(Waimea), Hawaii, USA
Campus:	Rural
Colors:	Red & White
Mascot:	Ka Makani (The Wind)

Hawaii Preparatory Academy (also known as HPA) is a coeducational, boarding, independent school in Kamuela, Hawaiʻi teaching kindergarten through the twelfth grade. Founded in 1949 by The Right Reverend Harry S. Kennedy, Episcopal Bishop of Honolulu, the school came of age under the leadership of James Monroe Taylor II, Headmaster from 1954-1974. Originally the school was located on the grounds of St. James Episcopal Church in Kamuela in buildings that were built as barracks for the United States Marines during World War II.

There are three dormitories- Anna's for girls, Hartwells' for boys, and Robertson's, the co-ed and smallest of the dorms.

As a side note, Kamuela, the town where HPA is located, is usually called Waimea by the locals. Kamuela is adopted since there are three towns called Waimea in the sate of Hawai'i, and Kamuela is used to distinguish locations by USPS.

HPA is now divided into a lower school, middle school and upper school. The lower and middle school together compose one campus in the ranch region of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. The upper school is located at the foot of the Kohala Mountains. The school is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

The upper campus has a fully functioning weight room, pool, school library, small fitness center, a state-of-the-art indoor tennis facility, bookstore, as well as a brand new (2008) softball field, a football and soccer field, and a cinder track.

The village campus is in the middle of the town of Waimea, and features the only school-owned professional art-gallery in the State, Isaac's Art Center.

The school also has a successful boys cross country team. Two male champions in the recent years include Mac Crommett(Class of '07) and Emmett Weatherford(Class of '05)

The school colors are red and white. The school's mascot is Ka Makani, which is Hawaiian for "the wind", and you wouldn't find the mascot lacking in any chosen day.